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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iraq: Humanity before heroism

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  1. Department of Clinical pharmacology and Medicine, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq

    Hayder M. Al-kuraishy & Ali I. Al-Gareeb

  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Maisra M. El-Bouseary

  3. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, 22511, Damanhour, AlBeheira, Egypt

    Gaber El-Saber Batiha

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Conception and design; H.M.A. and A.I.A. Data collection; H.M.A., A.I.A., M.M.E. and GE.B. Writing—original draft; H.M.A. and A.I.A. Figures preparation; H.M.A., A.I.A., M.M.E. and GE.B. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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H.M. Al-kuraishy, A.I. Al-Gareeb, M.M. El-Bouseary and G.E.-S. Batiha declare that they have no competing interests.

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Al-kuraishy, H.M., Al-Gareeb, A.I., El-Bouseary, M.M. et al. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iraq: Humanity before heroism. Wien Klin Wochenschr 135, 637–638 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-023-02230-3

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